Amid the heated discussion among the media and fans about Qiao Anchen's equaling the La Liga record for consecutive goals, on March 15, Atletico Madrid's away game against Turkey's Besiktas in the second leg of the Europa League 1/8 finals officially began.
In this game, Besiktas played at home, but fell behind 1-4 with a total score of three goals. Moreover, they have not won a game in the last five games and have conceded 10 goals in the last four games. The defense line
It can be described as paper-like and vulnerable.
Atletico Madrid, on the other hand, has won 13 consecutive victories on two fronts, and even Barcelona lost to Atletico Madrid.
It seems that Besiktas is bound to lose.
But no matter what, there is still a whole game, 90 minutes left, and there is still a glimmer of hope.
If they can defeat Atletico Madrid 3-0 at home and equalize the total score, Besiktas can still advance to the Europa League quarterfinals with more away goals.
Although the probability is very, very small, it is not completely non-existent.
Of course, the huge score gap also gave Besiktas no choice but to attack from the beginning of the game.
With a score difference of three goals, they must go all out and attack with all their strength to have any possibility of a comeback. As for defense, they can only pray for luck and hope that Atletico Madrid will not score.
As for Atletico Madrid, due to the 4-1 victory in the first round, Simeone did not bring all the main players to the away game in the second round. Some of the main players got a rest, and some players rarely entered the big game.
The marginal players on the roster were able to enter the squad this time and have the possibility of playing.
But Falcao and Qiao Anchen's fixed strike partnership remains unchanged.
In Simeone's plan, he still needs to score one more goal to erase Besiktas' away goal advantage. Only then will it be truly stable and completely eliminate all suspense of the game.
This requires the offensive capabilities of Falcao and Qiao Anchen in the counterattack.
Atletico Madrid, which had rotated a lot of players, did not attack Besiktas. Instead, it narrowed its defense slightly, waited for the opponent to attack, and then launched a counterattack.
However, they did not completely defend with a large iron barrel formation, they just retreated slightly, and then started from Falcao and Qiao Anchen to press the whole field.
Besiktas itself lacks strength. Even if they attack with all their strength, it is still difficult to produce any threatening offense under Atletico Madrid's high-position pressing tactics.
It wasn't until the 22nd minute that Besiktas completed its first shot that hit the goal frame.
However, this time the shot was a volleyed ground ball from outside the penalty area. Although the power was okay, the angle was at a right angle. It was easily pinned down by goalkeeper Courtois, without even giving the opponent a chance to make a follow-up shot.
Atletico Madrid, while defending Besiktas' attack, was not idle either. It was also constantly trying to counterattack and score goals.
After several failed counterattacks, Atletico Madrid finally seized a chance in the 28th minute.
Now Qiao Anchen has become the biggest threat in Atletico Madrid with his terrifying efficiency of 24 goals in 13 games. Besiktas is guarding him more strictly than Falcao.
This time it was Qiao Anchen's movement on the right side of the frontcourt that attracted two Besiktas defenders to defend, and the last defender was also attracted by Falcao.
Then, when midfielder Gabi got the ball and made a long pass to the Besiktas backcourt, No. 7 left winger Adrian used Qiao Anchen and Falcao to attract all the attention of the opponent's defender.
With an opportunity, the back row suddenly stepped in, and successfully formed an anti-offside single-handed ball. He lobbed the goalkeeper from the left side of the top of the penalty area and scored the ball easily.
1-0 away game, total score 5-1, Atletico Madrid leads Besiktas by 4 goals and has erased the opponent's away goal advantage.
Stable!
This was a goal that completely killed the suspense of the game.
Adrian, his teammates, coaches, and Atletico Madrid fans in front of the TV all celebrated enthusiastically.
The home fans of Besiktas were all downcast, shaking their heads and lamenting. Obviously, everyone already knew that they would definitely lose.
The Besiktas players also knew that they would definitely lose, but this was their home court. Even if they could not advance to the quarterfinals, they still wanted to defeat Atletico Madrid.
Just talking about the second round, they are only one goal behind now, which is not the end of the world. Therefore, after the game restarted, Besiktas still did not collapse and was still going all out to make a last-ditch effort to try to make a comeback at home.
, defeated Atletico Madrid.
But the more this happens, the easier it is to expose the gaps in the backcourt. If they set up a bus to defend, maybe Besiktas can still defend it.
As it is now, it is very difficult to defend against Atletico Madrid's attack.
Sure enough, before the end of the first half, in the 43rd minute, Atletico Madrid seized another opportunity to counterattack.
This time, Qiao Anchen got the ball in the frontcourt and attracted the last two defenders to defend him. Qiao Anchen did not force a breakthrough and shot, but distributed the ball.
Falcao, who was unguarded in the middle, successfully received the ball and adjusted two steps before entering the penalty area and volleying into the far corner, extending the total score to 6-1.
Qiao Anchen assisted Falcao to score. Besiktas, let alone advancing to the quarterfinals, even now it is difficult to win the home game, even draw is difficult, just to see if they can score a goal to avoid being shaved.
During the halftime break, Simeone replaced both Joan Chen and Falcao to rest. There was no need for these two Atletico Madrid strikers to waste time in this game.
When Simeone told Qiao Anchen not to play in the second half, Qiao Anchen's heart actually moved, and he wanted to plead, asking Simeone not to replace him, but to continue playing on the court to see if he could score a goal and continue.
Consecutive goalscoring record.
But after thinking about it in the end, it was not necessary.
If you didn't score in the first half, even if you stay on the field in the second half, you are not guaranteed to score. If you can't score, you have to use the lucky card that must score.
It’s totally unnecessary when the victory is already decided!
Therefore, Qiao Anchen obeyed the head coach's decision and was replaced at halftime. This also interrupted his consecutive scoring record in two-line combat, leaving only the consecutive scoring record in La Liga.
This is actually better, otherwise it will really become a psychological burden on you, and you may waste precious lucky cards or skill cards that must score.
These two kinds of plug-in cards are more meaningful when used in important and key games. Using them in today's situation is a complete waste.
